My lady, I'm going to rebel.

Deng Yuling brought his men here so quickly?

Mu Zheng's eyes glared, and he secretly thought something was wrong. But he didn't retreat at all. Instead, he swung his weapon even more frantically, trying to carve out a bloody path before the reinforcements led by Deng Yu arrived.

When Dou Yi saw the reinforcements coming, a smug look appeared on his face and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, surround him and don't let him run away!" The morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and they surrounded Mu Zheng even more tightly.

Mu Zheng was like a trapped beast, roaring constantly, and every time he swung his sword, he was filled with endless anger and determination.

Deng Yu and his reinforcements were approaching rapidly, the sound of horse hooves thundering. Mu Zheng knew that time was running out and he had to find a breakthrough as soon as possible.

He suddenly flashed and rushed towards a weak spot among the officers and soldiers.

However, Dou Yi was prepared and immediately ordered his troops to surround him. Mu Zheng fell into an even more difficult situation, but he still did not give up. While resisting the attacks of the officers and soldiers, he looked for opportunities.

At this critical moment, Mu Zheng saw Li Lian and Sai Zhangfei running towards him not far away.

Li Lian was heroic, waving a long sword in his hand, while Zhang Fei was like an iron tower, his roar was like thunder.

Mu Zheng was delighted and shouted, "Li Lian, Sai Zhangfei, follow me to stop these soldiers!"

Li Lian and Sai Zhangfei rushed towards the officers and soldiers without hesitation, and formed a solid line of defense with Mu Zheng.

At this time, Liu Qin was leading a group of brave civilians quietly approaching the city gate. They carefully avoided the sight of the soldiers and took advantage of the fierce battle between Mu Zheng and the soldiers to quickly reach the city gate.

Liu Qin shouted, "Fellow villagers, our chance has come! Let's all work together to open the city gate!"

Deng Yuling was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, but on this street, Mu Zheng and the other two completely blocked the reinforcements, making it impossible for them to split up.

Finally, with a heavy sound, the city gate was slowly opened.

Fan Chong led the rebel army into the city like a tide.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

……

June, the fifth year of Tianfeng.

The rebel army led by Fan Chong captured Ju County.

Dou Yi and Deng Yuling were killed, and Mingjue fled, thus starting the five-year-long war to destroy the Xinmang Dynasty.

The first order Fan Chong issued immediately after entering the city was to have the rebel soldiers distribute the food they had seized from the government and the wealthy to the poor people.

The news spread quickly as if it had wings, and people came to join the rebel army, not only young and middle-aged people, but also countless old, weak, women and children.

Fan Chong's army quickly grew from a mere one or two thousand people to over ten thousand. Not only that, people in the surrounding areas of Ju County also gradually rose up in rebellion, and the spark began to slowly spread outward.

……

Chudi.

Wang Kuang was seriously ill, so all the affairs of the Green Forest Army were handed over to his good brother Wang Feng.

"Cough cough!"

Wang Kuang was still coughing, and tortured by the epidemic, he didn't have much time left to live.

"What a pity! I thought I could lead a good life with you guys, but I didn't know that the Lord would not tolerate this."

Hearing Wang Kuang's words, Wang Feng felt deeply distressed. This plague was too terrible, and no matter whether it was the famous doctors in the city or the doctors in the mountains, they were all helpless. Seeing Wang Kuang's terminal illness, vomiting daily, with a high fever, and even unable to eat and fainting for a long time, Wang Feng felt that the Green Forest Army was doomed.

Because there were already hundreds of people in the army who were seriously ill like Wang Kuang, and others also had mild infections.

"This is the only hope. I hope there will be a good result." What Wang Feng was holding in his hand was Artemisia annua. It was said that this was a folk remedy brought by several people from Lu. Some people said that it was effective, while others said that it had no effect. But no matter what, we had to give it a try.

Hopefully, God will be on their side this time and give them a chance to survive.

……

At the same time, in Handan, Hebei, Zhang Can slowly walked into the lobby and saluted respectfully to a man.

The man was dressed in fine clothes, playing with a jade disk in his hand. Seeing Zhang Shen return, a smile appeared on his lips. "I didn't expect that those reckless men from Mafu Mountain actually succeeded. Well, everything they are doing now is laying the foundation for the future outside the sect."

Zhang Can looked up at the man in the finery and said, "Prince, do you really believe that the world will return to the Liu family in the future?"

Ok?

The man in fancy clothes frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes, "I don't want to hear similar words in the future."

Zhang Can's heart tightened and he quickly lowered his head.

The man in gorgeous clothes started playing with the jade disk in his hand again. Hehe, go ahead and fight for it. When the time comes and he takes out this jade disk that symbolizes orthodoxy, everyone in the world will have to obey his orders.

Therefore, you are all mantises, and he is the oriole.

……

With the successful uprising in Ju County, Ma Fushan's plan was also quietly carried out. In just one month, dozens of uprisings broke out in various parts of Lu.

Some were suppressed by the government, while others gradually grew stronger.

Mu Zheng did not participate in this, because he knew very well that in the eyes of outsiders, he belonged to Mafushan, but in the eyes of people inside Mafushan, he belonged to Pianfeng and Liu Gong.

"Brother, we are planning to go to Mount Tai." Fan Chong found Mu Zheng, told him about their next plan, and invited Mu Zheng to go with him.

Mu Zheng refused this.

According to history, Liu Xiu is still in Chang'an now, but next year he will leave Chang'an and devote his life to military service.

If you fail to make friends with this person when Liu Xiu is young, it will be twice as difficult to get close to him when he starts to raise an army.

So, he had to go to Chang'an.

Everyone was surprised to hear that Mu Zheng was planning to leave. After all, they had worked so hard to have a better future. Although the victory was small now, the future was promising.

"My wife is still in Chang'an, I have to go find her." Mu Zheng found a reason that he thought was very good, but he didn't expect to be looked down upon by a group of men.

Liu Qin clicked his tongue twice: "Look at your achievements, you're always hanging around women."

boom!

Sai Zhangfei took action, "Why? Do you look down on women so much?"

Everyone laughed.

Xie Junfei was very happy when Mu Zheng said he was leaving, and even arranged to help him pack his luggage. Mu Zheng saw it and smiled in his heart. This man's thoughts were too obvious.

Of course, there are those who are eager for Mu Zheng to leave, and there are also those who want to follow Mu Zheng, such as Li Lian.

Mu Zheng agreed to follow him without hesitation.

Firstly, in order to facilitate the rebellion of the Red Eyebrow Army in the future, Mu Zheng needed to have a deep connection with Fan Chong, and Li Lian was the link between the two sides.

Secondly, Li Lian had a powerful backer, Li Zhong, who would be Liu Xiu's right-hand man in the future. Therefore, letting Li Lian meet Liu Xiu in advance would prevent him from being overly torn between the Green Forest Army and the Red Eyebrow Army.

"By the way, hasn't Xiu Dai been found yet?" Mu Zheng has been concerned about Xiu Dai. According to Deng Yuling, he gave Xiu Dai to one of his subordinates to take care of, but when Mu Zheng and others rushed to the place where Xiu Dai was imprisoned, there was no one there.

"No, but we killed Mingbu." Li Lian replied.

Mu Zheng was quite relieved about this. No matter whether Xiu Dai was alive or dead, at least he had fulfilled his promise to her.

At this moment, Liu Qin walked in, "Mu Zheng, there are two people outside looking for you. They said their names are Gong Wen and something Xiu."

Ok?